10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    To Start September 2025

  • Closing date

    19 May 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    8 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Mathematics

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPR/UPR + TLR 2B

Additional allowances

+ TLR 2B

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ossett Academy & Accord Sixth Form College are seeking to appoint an inspiring and dedicated Deputy Curriculum Team Leader of Maths. The Maths department at the Academy is an outstanding team of professionals who achieve excellent results. We value challenge, active participation and motivation. This is a real opportunity to join a vibrant team that is forward thinking and high achieving.

You will lead on developing curriculum areas and teaching, learning and feedback within the department, ensuring pupil progress is regularly assessed with a focus on building a collaborative team ethos across the Academy & Sixth Form. You will play a key role in the strategic development of the department and supportive development of team colleagues.

The successful applicant will be required to work autonomously, reporting to the Curriculum Team Leader of Maths. The role will be focused on assisting to drive attainment in Maths, raising the profile of all aspects of the Maths curriculum and extra-curricular offer and will involve working with colleagues, leaders, and pupils/students to obtain the highest levels of engagement.

This is an ideal opportunity for colleagues wishing to step up into a middle leadership role and gain invaluable experience in continuing to build and develop the successful team.

Ossett Academy is an Ofsted ‘good’ rated secondary academy with great facilities and a fantastic Maths department. We also have a standalone Accord Sixth Form building on-site, meaning that colleagues also have the possibility of teaching at A-Level if this is an area of interest or development.

If you have the vision and skills to deliver inspirational teaching whilst having the focus and drive to ensure successful outcomes are reached we’d love to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

We are confident that new staff joining our Trust will feel welcomed and happy to have chosen us. Prospective applicants are welcome to visit prior to applying.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits and we also encourage prospective candidates to look at our website for further information regarding our ‘People Pledge’ and our recently launched Employee Benefit package Working For Our Trust - Accord (accordmat.org).

Here are a few examples of employee benefits that focus on our employees Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing:

  • Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Technology scheme via SmartTech*
  • Access to an extensive discounts platform via Accord Rewards
  • Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
  • 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner through Healthcare Cash Plans
  • Cycle to Work Scheme*
  • Free annual flu jab
  • Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*restrictions apply

The Accord Multi Academy Trust was established in September 2016 and is currently made up of five academies, four of which were the founding members of the Trust. The Trust is committed to providing world class education for all our young people within our community and as such we recognise the pivotal role that our staff team have in this respect. The Trust places at the heart of its development a commitment to high quality professional development for all staff who join the Trust. We understand that by investing in our staff we will create an organisation with a shared vision and values that will transform education for young people.

We offer a supportive work environment with a dedicated and approachable central operational team and an educational strategy group who will work with you in order for you to reach your career goals and aspirations.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Accord Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

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Additional documents

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About Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1735 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
hr@accordmat.org
Phone number
01924 921213

Ossett Academy is part of the Accord Multi Academy Trust which is a Wakefield based Trust; all four academies in the Trust are closely located to one another which lends itself to many opportunities to work closely and collaboratively. All academies are within a three-mile radius of one another and can be found a short drive off junction 40 of the M1.

Arranging a visit to Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@accordmat.org.

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